Cytosolic Phospholipase A2M-NM-1 and Eicosanoids Regulate Expression of Genes in Macrophages Involved in Host Defense and Inflammation

ABSTRACT: The role of Group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2M-NM-1) activation in regulating macrophage transcriptional responses to Candida albicans infection was investigated. cPLA2M-NM-1 releases arachidonic acid for the production of eicosanoids. In mouse resident peritoneal macrophages, prostacyclin, prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene C4 were produced within minutes of C. albicans addition before cyclooxygenase 2 expression. The production of TNFa was lower in C. albicans-stimulated cPLA2a+/+ than cPLA2a-/- macrophages due to an autocrine effect of prostaglandins that increased cAMP to a greater extent in cPLA2a+/+ than cPLA2a-/- macrophages. For global insight, differential gene expression in C. albicans-stimulated cPLA2a+/+ and cPLA2a-/- macrophages (3 h) was compared by microarray. cPLA2

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Christina Leslie 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-46533 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress